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keypunch
[ kee-puhnch ]
/ ˈkiˌpʌntʃ /
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noun
Also key punch .Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
verb (used with object)
to punch holes in (a punch card or paper tape), using a keypunch.
to insert (data) into a computer by means of a keypunch: to keypunch code numbers.
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How to use keypunch in a sentence
IBM had by then standardized an 80-column card and had developed keypunch machines that would change little for decades.
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British Dictionary definitions for keypunch
key punch
noun
Also called: card punch a device having a keyboard that is operated manually to transfer data onto punched cards, paper tape, etc
verb key-punch
to transfer (data) onto punched cards, paper tape, etc, by using a key punch
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